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Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government would maintain its status on cannabis and related drugs as they bring harm to the community. - Bernama pic
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will not legalise cannabis, despite the reclassification of the substance by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
(pic) Yassin said the government would maintain its status on cannabis and related drugs as they bring harm to the community.
“Recently, the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, had voted to drop cannabis and cannabis resin from its Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
19 Feb 2021 / 17:59 H. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin - Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19: The Drug and Substance Abuse Act which will replace the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 will enable many drug abusers and addicts to be rehabilitated instead of being sent to jail.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said the change of punishment for drug abusers and addicts from prison sentences to rehabilitation and treatment programme will materialise this year through the new legislation.
He said it was to avoid the stigma of the society which looked negatively on abusers and drug addicts.
“Besides that, it will also facilitate their reintegration into the community and gives them a second chance,” he said in conjunction with the 38th National Anti-Drugs Day on NADA’s Facebook Live session today.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will not change its control status of cannabis and cannabis resin, as the substances are still considered harmful to society, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Muhyiddin said although the 63rd United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Austria recently had decided to drop the two substances from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 (1961 Convention), it does not change Malaysia’s control status of the two drugs.
“On behalf of the government, I would like to stress that we would not change the control status of cannabis and all drugs related as classified under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, as it brings a lot of harm to society.